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We plan to address three, high-level tasks that students can do with our app:
- Compose Music SketchesComposing music sketches on the fly: Users need to create new sketches, place notes on a staff to sketch out themes, bass lines, and or rhythmic patterns. We plan to The app will balance detail of their composition, simplicity of a theme, and space limitations posed by the mobile phone’s screen size. We will offer these features for sketchesUsers will want to:
- Select meter and pitch of the sketch
- Choose clef for the staff
- Place notes on a staff
- Divide staff into measures
- Modify notes with sharps, flats, accents, note length, ties, slurs
- Pitch is could be played when a note is placed added so the user can make sure they are accurately transcribing the phrase. (We will assume that the user has headphones they can use if they are in a noisy environment and want to use this feature. This is a safe assumption because most people use their phones as their music players, too.)
- Add dynamic and expression markings
- Sketches Play BackRecall music that was composed: The user would like to listen to the entire sketch to remember what it sounded like. It may also help them as they transcribe it to their computer or a piece of paper, and help them return to the frame of mind they were in so they can easily expand the sketch into a composition. To accomplish this, the app can accurately play back the sketch, using the specified key signature, time signature, tempo, and note lengths.
- Browse Organize the Saved Files sketches stored on the Phonephone: The user needs a way to organize their sketches on the phone, select a previously saved sketch to edit it or listen to it. Our app will allow users They want to:
- Create new sketches
- View the sketch names of the files the user has stored on the phone
- Select a sketch to edit or play back
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